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Leftovers

12/2/2013

 
Back in the summer, I posted a recipe for homemade dog food. 

This morning I modified it using none other than the leftover turkey carcass from Thanksgiving, fresh broccoli from the garden, brown rice and a can of black beans.

Take your leftover turkey carcass, leg bones, etc. and boil down until meat is tender enough to pull easily from the bones.  Giblets are ok here too. 20-25 minutes medium boil (don't go outside and feed geese at this time or your pot will boil over resulting in nasty mess on your cooktop.)

Let it cool (I cooled overnight but couple of hours should do fine) and separate meat from bones, discarding bones. Feed a little meat to the dogs all sitting in a row at your feet in the kitchen.

Add fresh broccoli (2 heads) and 1 bag brown rice to your turkey broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for about 20-25 minutes until rice is reaching correct consistency and broth mostly evaporated. Add in 1 can black beans (rinsed thoroughly--no farting please) and the turkey meat.

Let cool and treat your dogs! Heck treat the chickens too. They loved the homemade food and extra protein does them good this time of year especially. Who knew chickens enjoyed turkey so much *lol*

This is a great way to use up some of your leftovers and smelled good enough to have for dinner. Enjoy!

Fall Gardens...time to put away the flip flops

11/13/2013

 
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It's amazing how the slightest efforts over time can pay off. Or maybe I should say, sometimes. Sometimes they pay off and sometimes the damn chickens get in the garden and scratch up your carrots. Pftttt. Go figure.



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Long Weekend Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes w/ Maple Syrup

8/29/2013

 
I'm on a roll -- I'm certain this obsession with the blueberries should end, but the reality is that unlike okra (which I am SICK of seeing, picking, freezing, pickling, frying and eating),  I never get tired of blueberries. And they freeze so nicely in a ziplock freezer bag. Just rinse in colander and VOILA! fresh from the freezer blueberries.

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Arsenic in our Chicken? Really?

8/17/2013

 

For the love of all that's good: this is too much. 

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future published a study in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives that provided further evidence of the risks associated with the use of arsenicals in animal agriculture. Just in case anyone still needed convincing (Ahem! FDA, Pfizer and industrial chicken magnates). The study, which involved analysis of chicken breast samples purchased at grocery stores in 10 cities across the U.S., revealed ....

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It's Blueberry Season - Let them eat cake!

7/24/2013

 
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Blueberry Pound Cake 


** Squee! **


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Let's Cook !

7/10/2013

 
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The counter is full of Brandywine tomatoes from the garden. Sweet bell peppers are ripe for the pickin' and basil is ready to be pinched. 

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Nesting

7/8/2013

 
Alabama has 4 seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Football season, and Christmas.
Period -- no deviations. Real simple. Unless you count deer season...

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Got a tic tac?

4/24/2013

 

the magic of roasted garlic

roasted garlic
I'm not sure how you can take a common rank, hot, smelly bulb of raw garlic, prep and put in oven for about an hour and transform it into smooth buttery roasted garlic. But I promise you, roasted garlic will take your taste buds off this planet and is CULINARY MAGIC! Am I yelling? Sorry....it's that good.

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    Kelley Creek Farms is a small (micro really) hobby farm located in Central Alabama 30 minutes south of Birmingham. We raise heritage and rare waterfowl and poultry along with a myriad of other creatures that give the farm its life. In addition to the birds, we raise heirloom tomatoes and vegetables.

    Each day is different and brings a new set of adventures. Some make you laugh and some make you cry. Some are just plain frustrating. But we persevere knowing that tomorrow's set of problems will be completely different than today. Still figuring all this out ....one day at a time and striving for a more sustainable way of life.

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